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demurely amidst the clover and smiles sunnily. William Wordsworth is perhaps the archetypal Romantic poet; his most famous poem, "I wandered lonely as a cloud", would seem on first reading to support the traditional,

Before the Lyrical Ballad was published, William Wordsworth spent time in Germany away from England. During this time, he composed a set of poems that would eventually be known as the “Lucy Poems”. This set of poems would make their way into the first edition of the Lyrical Ballad. All of them, except for one. Out of the five poems he writes, “I travell’d among unknown Men” wouldn’t appear in the Lyrical Ballad alongside the other four Lucy Poems (Locke, 44). This particular poem, compared to the

Wordsworth, considered the greatest Romantic poet. Going against traditional poetry with his good friend Coleridge which was proper style, proper words, with subject matter. They defied it the used witty figures of speech, effusive praise with tragic complaints, oh the audacity. Since they did this though they helped build the Romanticism Movement. One of Wordsworth’s poems is Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey or for short Tintern Abbey. This poem is about Wordsworth’s trip after 5

reading of William Wordsworth’s ‘Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting The Banks of The Wye During a Tour, 13th July 1798’, one comes across the theme of memory and Wordsworth’s love for nature ( themes frequently explored by Wordsworth in several of his poems). However, both these themes work in an inter-connected and intertwined manner in the said poem. The very first line itself sets a nostalgic mood to the poem. It depicts Wordsworth’s contemplation and reflection of the past

The Romantic Era was filled with artist and writers using nature as their muse in their writing and paintings, and William Wordsworth was the embodiment of this era. William Wordsworth’s work  Lyrical Ballads, co-written with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, was the begin of the literary portion of the Romantic Era. Wordsworth developed a love for nature at an early age, which provided as Wordsworth’s muse for many of his poems like “The World is Too Much with Us” and “Lines Written in Early Spring”. Wordsworth’s

In the preface to Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth remarks on the subject matter of his and Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s joint collection of poetry, “Low and rustic life was generally chosen, because in that condition, the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity” (295). It seems fitting that Coleridge’s “Frost at Midnight” and Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” both found a home in this book of poetry because both celebrate nature’s ability to mold a person

The French Revolution fascinated Wordsworth and it took him to France around 1791. He mentioned his time there in The Prelude, "For mighty were the auxiliars which then stood Upon our side, us who were strong in love! Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very Heaven! O times, in which the meagre, stale, forbidding ways of custom, law, and statute, took at once The attraction of a country in romance!" (Wordsworth, 1850) While living in France he produced his earliest

Introduction The poem “She Was a Phantom of Delight” was written by William Wordsworth which was published in 1807. In this poem Wordsworth describes his wife, Mary Hutchinson and his reaction to her. He describes her first as an ideally beautiful woman, then an enjoyable companion and a housewife and finally as an intellectual and moral being who is capable of guiding him. He chooses to depict three points in their developing relationship: when they first met; as they began to know each other

life now. “But oft, in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration” (Wordsworth 25-30).

teacher name) William Wordsworth Research Paper In 1770 a historic icon was born. His name was William Wordsworth. Wordsworth lived a long and successful life which included his primary occupation as a poet. He did some things with poetry that have never been done before; such as introducing romanticism poetry. His famous poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" helped him become the poet laureate in 1843 which he held until his death (1850). When William Wordsworth starts to age and mature